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    The Orchid Whisperer: Expert Secrets for Growing Beautiful Orchids

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    by Bruce Rogers, Greg Allikas (Photographer)


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    • ISBN-13: 9781452101286
    • Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
    • Publication date: 05/09/2012
    • Pages: 144
    • Product dimensions: 7.30(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.70(d)
    • Age Range: 18Years

    Bruce Rogers has more than 30 years of experience as an orchid grower and consultant. A member of the Advisory Council at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers, he lives in San Francisco.

    Greg Allikas is an internationally acclaimed photographer.

    Table of Contents

    Introduction 08

    An Orchid Glossary 11

    Part 1 Buying Orchids 15

    First Things First: But What You Like! 15

    What to Look For 16

    What to Ask 18

    Where to Buy 18

    Buying for Your Lifestyle 22

    Part 2 Growing Orchids 25

    Getting To Know Your Orchid 26

    Location, Location, Location 28

    Grow, Baby, Grow / Six Key Requirements For Healthy Orchids 29

    Mounting Orchids 42

    Bugs and Pests 44

    How Does Your Orchid Grow? Sympodial and Monopodial Orchids 47

    All-Natural Tips for Orchid Care 48

    Orchid True and False 50

    Outdoor Growing Guide 54

    Part 3 Expert Tips For Easy-to-Grow Orchids 59

    The Twelve Most Popular Orchids 60

    Phalaenopsis 60

    Cattleya 65

    Lady's Slipper 68

    Oncidium 75

    Miltoniopsis 79

    Vanda 82

    Dendrobium 85

    Cymbidium 89

    Reed-Stem Epidendrum 93

    Masdevallia 96

    Vanilla Orchid 99

    Miniature Orchids 102

    Ten Contenders 105

    Part 4 Decorating with Orchids 111

    Setting the Stage 112

    Prepping Your Orchid for Display 114

    Displaying for Your Style 118

    Centerpieces 123

    Cut Orchids 123

    Decorating with Miniature Orchids 125

    Fragrance 126

    Resources 131

    Top Fragrant Orchid Species and Hybrids 137

    Index 140

    Acknowledgments 144

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    Orchids can bloom year after year. In this essential guide, Bruce Rogers, "The Orchid Whisperer", shares his expert tips from more than three decades of breeding and growing orchids. The book demystifies the growing process and features more than 100 lush color photographs of breathtaking plants. Best of all, it reveals professional secrets not found anywhere else for blooming, repotting, spotting hazards and pests, grooming, decorating, and much more. Perfect for beginners as well as orchid experts looking for new tricks, The Orchid Whisperer provides everything readers need to know to keep healthy orchids that will flower again and again!

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    From the Publisher
    "Unlike some other 'beginner' advice books, Rogers' language is engaging and humorous, and strikes the right balance between being easy to read and needing a science degree to understand."
    -American Orchid Society
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